Ok, sorry if I come off like a complete idiot, but, I'm a complete newb.

I know its always best to provide a nero burn failure report (I don't know what its really called), but, I don't have one, so I'll provide as much info as possible.

Once upon a time, I had a LiteOn Drive/Burner (No idea which model).
I was using Nero 6.
I was using 90 minute CD-Rs
I was able to easily overburn about 94 minutes onto a 90 minute CD-R.
The burn would fail at the end, but the CD would still play perfectly.

Now, I have:

AD-7203S Burner.
I'm using Nero 7.
I'm now not able to overburn as much onto 90 minute CD-Rs.
So, I tried SILVER DIGIT 99 minute CD-Rs (Made in Italy).
I'm not even able to fit more than 92 minutes onto the 99 minute CD-Rs.

I have the overburn options set up right in nero 7.

My question is this:

Is it my new Burner, or Nero 7 that is making it so that I can't overburn as much as I used to?
As I said, I cant even fit 93 minutes onto a 99 minute CD-R.
Is there a firmware upgrade that I need for the burner?

Again, I sorely apologize for the lack of info.
I would provide more, but I don't have any more 99 minute CD-Rs with which to get a burn failure report.

This is not entirely a media question, so the mods of this subforum may decide to move your thread elsewhere Supermav...sorry if I mislead you on where to put it. And I am most definitely not the person to advise you on this issue. Good luck though, and I am sure we have some people who can help.

Thanks Kerry, I'm totally fine with the topic being moved to where it's supposed to be, since it would be seen by the right people there.
If you know where it would be best suited, feel free to move it there.
I'm just worried about solving the problem.
Thanks.

In my experience, the Optiarc AD-7200S - same series as your AD-7203S - has its CD length capped at 92:57.74. It won't write any disk beyond that, nor will it read CDs that have been recorded beyond that point. So with that considered, I think it's your drive that is limiting you to around 92 minutes. I'm not aware of any firmware that will let it write beyond that point, but I haven't been keeping up with the development of patched firmware for the drive...

Why overburn your CD-Rs to the extent where most drives won't be able to read the discs anyway?
The more you overburn your CD-R media, the fewer drives will be able to read those CDs!

I dont use them in drives. I use them in CD players & I have never run into one yet that didn't play my overburns.

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What are you putting on those CDs? There may be better alternatives than what you're currently doing.

Sadly there is no alternative.

With the way I'm doing this specific compilation, it has to be a certain amount of songs on 1 cd.
It worked just fine with my previous burner & I never had a problem. But this new burner, as I'm told above in this thread, has a strict space limit.
But, yeah, it has to be around 96 minutes of wav on a CDr.
Thanks though.

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Originally Posted by Womi

As xx521xx said, Optiarcs are capped at 92min.
Stay away from LiteOns. They are able to overburn to 99min, but are horrible CD writers. Not many stand alone players will read their overburned discs.

Actually, the drive that I had that worked so well at overburning 95 minutes onto 90 minute CDRs that were perfectly playable in every player that I use was a LiteOn. It was probably the best burner I ever owned.

So, I guess the main question I'm asking is:

Does anyone know if the following burners can burn 99 minute CDRs with no problem?
Or do they have that 92 minute cut off limit like the Sony AD-7203S?

I borrowed the above linked External LiteOn from a friend.
It burns normal 80 minute discs just fine.
But, get this, When I try to burn a 90 minute disc, Nero says its burning . Makes it all the way through & even gives you the successful burn notice.
I put the disc in to play it.....It's still blank. And I dont mean it thinks its still blank....it really is still blank!
How can it think its burning but not really be burning?